Resilient mounting for bearings



May 16, 1933. FARRELL 1,908,743

RESILIENT MOUNTING FOR BEARINGS Filed Nov. 50, 1929 n 4 2 II I N VEN TOR.

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UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE ASA FARRELL, F OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA BESILIENT MOUNTING FOB BEARINGS Application filed November 30, 1929. Serial 110.410,?36.

The'invention is a resilient mounting for cover plate 18 attached thereto, as indicated bearings, specifically adapted to that'type of at 17. bearing which is ordinarily subject to shock, Cover plate 18 is adapted to be attached to as applied to centrifugal pumps, blowers and housing as indicated at 19, and has a censimilar mechanisms. trally disposed aperture 20, recessed as 'indi- The object of the invention is to provide a cated at 21, said aperture providing clearance resilient means for mounting bearings, par-. over the internally threaded thrust and re ticularly roller and ball bearings, whereby taining member 22. Outer race 9 is prefershock is absorbed, partly or in full, by a ably pressed into positlon in bore 8 to prevent 10 resilient member. rotation of race 9 within the bore 8. Lubri- Another object of the invention is to procant delivered through aperture 11 passes vide a resiliently mounted bearing which will through duct 13 to chambers 15 and 16, and permit slight misalignment, and compensate may be drained through duct 14 and aperfor deflections or changes in alignment due ture 1.2. r

15 to suddenly increased torque or shocks trans- Thrust and retaining member 22 is promitted through or to the revolving mechavided with a centrally disposed aperture 23, nism. I recessed as indicated at 24, and adjusting.

Other objects of the invention willbemeans 25 comprising holes for cooperating 0 come apparent asthe nature of the invenwith a spanner type of wrench. Member 22 tion is better understood, as the description is internally threaded, as indicated at 26, to is set forth, and by reference to the appended cooperate with externally threaded portion claims. of sleeve 6.

In the accompanying drawin and in the Sleeve 6 is provided with a clearance aperfollowing description similar re erence charture 27, recessed as indicated at 28, and proacters will in all cases have reference to simivided with a keyway 29 for cooperation with 7 lar parts-throughout the several views and a pin 31, said pin 31 being fixed in shaft 32. description. A counterbore 33 is provided in sleeve 6 for Referring to the drawing: reception of a cylinder of soft rubber-34 or Fig. 1 is a sectional end elevation through other resilient material, and is preferably 30 the invention, as applied to a radial type of vulcanized or cemented in place. The cenball bearing, showing all cooperating memtrally disposed bore of cylinder 34 provides a bers; compressible fit on shaft 32. Inner race 35 is Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken forced against the shoulder 36 of sleeve 6 and 35 through the vertical center of Fig. 1. retained in position by member 22. Oil re- The housing or cage comprises a flange 1, tainers are provided in recesses 5, .28, 21 and adapted to be bolted in position through bolt 24, balls or rollers 37 completing the asholes 2 and centered by means of a circular sembly. projection 3, fitting into a bore or recess in In operation, shaft 32 having an impeller, the operated device, not shown.' An aperture rotor or other member integral therewith,

4 is provided, having a circular recess 5 is caused to rotate. Shaft 32 being resiliently formed therein, said aperture 4 providing mounted in the resilient cylinder 34, said reclearance over and admittinga sleeve 6. The silint cylinder 34 is retained by sleeve 6, housing 7 projects outwardly from flange 1 which is keyed to shaft 32 by means of pin 45 and is provided with a bore 8 to receive an 31. Inner race 35 is retained on sleeve 6 by determine the longitudinal position of the ber 22, causing the aforenamed members to race 9. Threaded apertures are provided at rotate together in unison. Stationary mem- 11 and 12 having ducts 13 and 14 communibers include the outer race 9, cover plate 18 eating with oil chambers 15 and 16. The and housing 7. Shocks produced in or Mans 50 outer end of housing 7 is adapted to have a mitted through shaft 32 are absorbed by the 100 outer ball or-roller race 9 and shoulders 10 to means of internally threaded retaining memcushioning effect of resilient cylinder 34, thereby preventing shock to housing I, balls 37, inner race 35 or outer race 9. Similarly, misalignment would be compensated for by the resiliency of cylinder 9.

It will be noted that I do not limit the invention to the exact arrangement of parts as indicated in the drawing or as described, different conditions or mechanisms requiring individual consideration in arrangement, and material, and that such variation in arrangement may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages rotating element and a resilient material compressibly filling the space between said sleeve and said rotating element, said sleeve being fixed to rotate with said rotating element, an external circumferential shoulder on said sleeve, and a clamp element cooperating with said sleeve and adapted to retain a bearing element against said shoulder and having a bore freely clearing said rotating element.

3. In combination with a rotating element, a rigid sleeve having a bore of greater ditherein and adapted to compressibly fit a rotating member, a pin fixed in said rotating member, the flange on said tubular element having a keyway cooperating with said pin, and a circumferential shoulder on said sleeve in cooperative relation to said nut adapted to clamp the inner race of a ball bearing, intermediately disposed on said tubular ele ment.

5. A resilient bearing mounting, in combination with a radial ball bearing and a shaft, a tubular member having a bore freely clearing said shaft and keyed to prevent rotation thereon, a counterbore formed in said tubular member, a resilient material in said counterbore compressibly cooperating with said shaft, an external thread on said tubular member at the end opposite said bore, a nut cooperating with said thread and having a bore freely clearing said shaft, an annular groove or recess in each of said bores, said grooves having a resilient oil excluding packing therein and cooperating with said shaft, the inner race of said ball bearing being mounted on said tubular member, and a shoulder on said tubular member adapted to cooperate with said nut for re-,

taining said race against axial movement, and a rigid support for the outer race of said ball bearing.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

ASA FARRELL.

ameter. than said rotating element, and a concentric counterbore having a sleeve of resihent material mounted thereln and cooperatlng with said rotating element, said sleeves being fixed to rotate with said rotating element, a circumferential shoulder formed intermediately on said rigid sleeve,

an external thread at one end of said rigid sleeve, a clamp nut coperating with said thread and adapted to clamp the inner race of a ball bearing against said shoulder, said clam nut havlng a bore freely clearing saidrotatmg element, and oil excluding means formed within said bores.

4. A' resilient bearing mounting comprisin g a tubular element having one end inwardly flanged and an external thread at the other end, a nut having an inwardly extending flange and cooperating with said external thread, said flanges each having a groove formed therein, and an oil excluding resilient packing in said groove, said tubular element having a sleeve of resilient material afiixed 

